Obama picks site in Chicago for library
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama will establish his presidential library on the South Side of Chicago, a part of the city where his political career began and where some of the issues that he plans to devote himself to when he leaves the White House are playing out on the streets.
The Barack Obama Foundation made official Tuesday what had been widely expected, that the library will be erected on a site proposed by the University of Chicago. The location was selected over bids made by Columbia University in New York, the University of Hawaii and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
“With a library and a foundation on the South Side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and effect change locally, but what we can also do is to attract the world to Chicago,” Obama said in a video accompanying the release.
Submariner selected as next Navy chief
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is recommending that Adm. John Richardson, head of the Navy’s nuclear program, be named the next chief of naval operations, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Richardson would be the second submariner in a row to serve as the Navy’s top officer. Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the current Navy chief, also spent much of his career serving as a submarine officer.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to make the announcement Wednesday and will also disclose who he is recommending as the next chief of staff of the Army.
Associate dean sues magazine for $7.5M
RICHMOND, Va. – A University of Virginia associate dean sued Rolling Stone magazine on Tuesday for more than $7.5 million, saying a debunked and retracted account of an alleged gang rape on campus cast her as the “chief villain.”
Nicole Eramo, the top administrator dealing with sexual assaults at the Charlottesville school, said the lengthy and graphic magazine piece about a student rape victim identified only as “Jackie” portrayed her as more concerned about protecting the elite university’s reputation than helping victims of sexual assault.
“I am filing this defamation lawsuit to set the record straight and to hold the magazine and the author of the article accountable for their actions in a way they have refused to do themselves,” Eramo said in a statement.
Associated Press
